Nearly 500 years of myth and history have done nothing to dull the magic and mystery of the glorious Villa d’Este in Tivoli, the famed Tivoli water-and-wind garden, a haven for princes and lovers of the humanities, and arguably one of the most beautiful villas in all of Italy. 

And that is saying much, considering the breathtaking beauty and lush design of wonderful, sprawling Italian villa gardens. Many carved from the sheer rock of Italy’s mountains, splayed with massive stone stairs, providing spectacular vistas and statuary, draped with cypress and enchanted by moving water features: the gardens of Italy are legendary.